New research reveals that, prior to the release cART, an antiretroviral drug therapy treatment, HIV inflicted patients are now being put in the hospital considerably less. The cART stands for combination antiretroviral therapy and uses three or more medications to help keep HIV levels low.

The study shows that women dealing with HIV continue to be hospitalized a lot more than men by roughly 15 percent, while low-income individuals are confined more than those who have higher incomes (21 percent differential).

This decrease is associated with reforms in guidelines and improved medical and paramedical education.

Among countries who are reported to be experiencing a considerable decrease in newly diagnosed cases of HIV is India, which currently ranks third in the world. According to Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Union Health Minister, it has dropped up to 57 per cent.

"Currently, there have been significant drops in IMR (Infant Mortality rates) and MMR (Measles, Mumps, & Rubella) in addition to a decline in new HIV cases," he said in his speech during the India Health Summit. Azad have also stated that this will be India's second consecutive year for being polio-free, their longest polio-free time period since treatment campaigns had been launched.